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Photos: Harvesting hashish in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

December 22, 2015 9:57AM ET

Photographer Alia Haju documents this year’s crop, harvested by refugees from the conflict with ISIL

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A Syrian refugee from Raqqa smells a cannabis bud during the harvest in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon Oct. 19, 2015. Alia Haju / Reuters
Lebanon Bekaa Valley cannabis ISIL
The plants before harvest. According to some estimates, around 9,000 acres of land in Lebanon are used to cultivate cannabis. Alia Haju / Reuters
Lebanon Bekaa Valley cannabis ISIL
Hashish growers have had a profitable few years, as Lebanese security forces have focused more on keeping the Syrian conflict from spilling over the border than enforcing drug laws. Alia Haju / Reuters
Lebanon Bekaa Valley cannabis ISIL
Many of the workers harvesting the crops in these photos have fled from Raqqa, the city which ISIL claims as its capital. Alia Haju / Reuters
Lebanon Bekaa Valley cannabis ISIL
The photos in this set were made by Alia Haju, a freelance photographer working for Reuters. Alia Haju / Reuters
Lebanon Bekaa Valley cannabis ISIL
A 29-year old women, right, and her 13-year-old relative sift the cannabis after harvesting. Alia Haju / Reuters
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Most of the cannabis plants harvested in the Bekaa Valley will be processed to make hashish. Alia Haju / Reuters

 

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